Map Worlds

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of New Brunswick and the author or editor of eight books. Most recently, he authored a series on ethics in research, including the acclaimed The Seduction of Ethics. His current interests cover qualitative research, research ethics, Bahá'is, human rights, and the world of map-makers. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

• Map Worlds: A History of Women in Cartography by Will C. van den HoonaardList of Figures, Tables, and ChartsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 Introduction: The Strands through Map Worlds2 Who Is a Cartographer?3 The Thirteenth to Seventeenth Centuries4 The Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries (1666 to 1850)5 Cartography from the Margins: From the Early Twentieth Century to World War II6 Mid- to Late-Twentieth-Century Pioneers and Advancers in North America7 Late-Twentieth-Century Pioneers and Advancers in Europe, Asia, and Latin America8 ""Getting There without Aiming at It"": Women's Experiences in Becoming Cartographers9 ""We Are Good Ghosts!"": Orientations and Expectations of Women Cartographers10 Educational Opportunities and Obstacles11 The Gendered Social Organization12 Female Pathways through the Present-Day Map World13 Gender ShiftsAppendicesA MethodologyB Topics Covered in an In-Depth InterviewC Overview of Twenty-Eight Women Pioneers in CartographyNotesReferencesCopyright AcknowledgementsIndex

``The vignettes draw together perhaps the only source for personal biographies of female pioneers in heavily male-dominated professions.'' -- Julie Sweetkind-Singer -- The Portolan, Spring 2014